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.0. M. ADAMS. MECHANICAL PIN CASE.

Patented July 5, 1887.

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CHARLES M. ADAMS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MECHANlCAL PiN-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,059, dated July 5,1887. Application filed April 30, i887. Serial No. 23626519. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have in vented anew and useful Improvement in Mechanical PinCases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved pin-case having areceiving-hopper, from which one pin at a time is raised and carried toa stop-guide, and raised from thence by means of thealternately-reversed movement of the mechanism, as hereinafter fully setforth.

Figure 1 represents a central vertical section, with a portion of theside of the box broken away in order to show the mechanism for agitatingthe hopper, the raised pin being held in position for presentation. Fig.2 is a similar section showing the position of the several parts of themechanism when the pin is being seized for presentation. Fig. 3represents a top view of the box with the cover removed, showing aportion of the operating mechanism, the pin-presenting portion beingalso removed.

in the accompanying drawings, A is an ornamental box, which may form aportion of a ladys dressing case. B is a rectangular frame, providedwith the cars a a, which are adapted for attachment to the cover 0 ofthe box by means of screws. To the end I) of the frame B is secured thehopper D, which may have its inclined bottom 0 and turned-up end at madeof shcctsteel or hard rolled brass, and so set that the hopper, whensecured to the frame B by the turned-up end I, will spring upward towardthe frame. Through pendent ears 6 c at opposite sides of the frame B isplaced the rock-shaft E, upon the outer end of which, beyond the side fof the box, is secured the milled head F, by turning which in oppositedirections the mechanism for picking up the pin and presenting the sameis operated. To the shaft E, and centrally of the hopper D, is securedthe pickingarnrG, which upon its downward movementstrikes into thecorner g of the hopper, and is provided with a lip, 71 and an oppositespring-lip, i, secured to the upper end of the arm G, and provided withthe notch j, adapted to hold the pin; and in order to prevent holdingengagement with two or more pins at the same time, I provide a stud orpin, 7t, secured to the liph and passing loosely through a perforationin the spring-1i p 2', so that the pins in the hopper cannot pass inwardbeyond the stud It, thus restricting the engaging lips h and to a singlepin. the shaft E is also placed the cam H, which, by striking againstthe projecting end of the stud I, attached to the bottom of the hopper,serves to agitate the said hopper, so that the pins which are droppedpromiscuously through the opening I will be caused to arrange themselvestransversely of the picking-arm Gin a parallel position at the angle 9of the hopper. The picking-arm is limited in its upward and backwardmovement by the stop-bar m, and the downward movement of the same willbe limited by the pile of pins in the hopper. The outer end of the shaftE is bent to form a crankarm, J, from which connection is made to thecrank-arm K of the rock-shaft L by means of the connecting-rod M. Therock-shaft L is journaled in the opposite sides of the frame B, and uponthe shaft L, between the opposite sides of the frame B, is secured thetube N, (shown in section in Fig. 3,) upon which is placed the bird 0 orother suitable device for picking up and presenting the pin. The underportion, a, of the bill of the bird is pivoted at 0,and is operated toholdthe pin 1) by means of the spring q, as shown in Fig. 2. The upwardly-bent arms 1" r, which form the stopguide, are secured to thecross-bar m and provided with the shoulders s 8, against which the pinraised from the hopper is deposited upon the upward and backwardmovement of the pickingarm G, the projecting lipst tserving to preventthe pin from dropping away or moving from the shoulders. The openings 22o in the cover 0 of the boX are closed by means of the slotted plates 20and a1.

The operation is as follows: A suitable quantity of pins having beenplaced in the hopper D through the opening I, the movement of the shaftEin the direction to throw the picking Upon arm G downward upon the pinsin the hopper I will cause one of the pins to be caught in the notch 9'between the lips h and t. The movement of the shaft E is then to bereversed, which reverse movement will cause the picking-arm G to beraised and carried back until the pin held in the notch j strikesagainst the IOO shoulders s s of the arms r 1- of the stop-guide, thuscausing the pin 1) to be drawn from the notch j and be held upon theprojecting lips ti against the shoulders s s, and the continued 5backward movement of the picking-arm G will be limited by the stop-barm. The latter movementof the shaft E will also cause a correspondingmovement of the shaft L, thus bringing the bird 0 forward and downward,so that its bill R will embrace the middle portion of the pinp while thesame is yet in the notch j of the lips h and i, and by springing thereonwill serve to firmly hold the same upon the reverse movement of theshaft E, which will cause the bird 0 to be brought back tothe positionshown in Fig. 1, with the pin in its bill for proper presentation foruse, and as often as the above-described alternate movements are madepins will be raised from the hopper and be presented by the bird untilthe hopper is emptied of the same.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with'the hopper, of v1-brating means for picking up the pins in the hopper, the stop-guide forreceiving the p n from the picking means, and the present ng meansoperatively connected with the picking means, substantially asdescribed. 5

2. The combination, with the hopper and means for vibrating the same, ofmeans for picking up the pins in the hopper, the stepguide for receivingthe pin from the picking means, and the presenting means operativelyconnected with the picking means, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. ADAMS.

\Vitnesses:

SQORA'IES SCHOLFIELD, JOHN S. LYNoH.

